5 September 07

6 September 07
  • Ann Reed delivered projectors and document cameras
  • Lisa immediately began using camera and projector as her screen is not hidden by a giant television set
  • Cathy is waiting for the giant television to be moved so she can use projector. Began using document camera with t.v. to project pentomino arrangements.
8 September 07
  • Meeting with Ann Reed for all BSD grant recipients. Received remaining budget figures and discussed grant expectations and parameters.
10 September 07
  • Cathy connected projector, document camera, and tablet. Used tablet to record number talks and projected images on whiteboard for students to see. Posted blog requesting information about geometry
  • Lunch converstation about staggering blogs in math and science with Lisa, Cathy, and Elise
12 September 07
  • TV's removed from portables. Session on OneNote as a means to organize science journal demonstrations. Problem solved printing from C drive when connected to BSD network. Calibrated pens and turned off right click on tablet pen. Shared features of document camera. Need to put in work order to install camera software.
19 September 07
  • Lisa using OneNote to keep science data charts. Learning to find saved .jnt and .nte documents. Switching between document camera and computer. Cathy doing the same using Journal instead of OneNote. Experimenting with tablets and cameras.
13 October 07
  • Peer Coaching Enhanced Technology Day. Photostory, blogging, and podcasting. Elise
29 October 07
30 October 07
  • Lisa posts article on sound on her blog, impressed by thoughtful reponses be students often quiet in class
November
  • Cathy continues to explore One Note
  • Lisa is beginning to save photos of science experiments that she captures using her document camera.
December
  • del.icio.us opened to students and parents for contributions. Science and math sections reflect what is being learned in the classroom and parents are thrilled to have access to resources to support students at home.
January
  • Created a Community Walk map to share what makes Bellingham a great place. Added photos of science experiments taken from document camera! in Lisa's classroom.
February
  • Met to explore which sessions to attend at NCCE. Reviewed use of delicious and discussed what units were coming up that we could collaborate on. Decided to wait for project that involves all three of us until after Social Studies CBA is over.
March
  • Projectors are flashing light warnings...met and went over projector care and maintenance including cool down phase and cleaning of filters. Pondering ordering extra bulbs with funds from next year.
August
  • New Activboards are up. Met for 45 minutes on the 28th to learn basics
  • Meeting as needed to observe each other use both OneNote and Activboards, trying to decide on weekly drop in time and date. Plan to share questions/answers/new uses for doc cameras, OneNote, Activboards.
  • Updated district tablets/laptops so OneNote saves in one place with two different logon names. (WHOOHOOO!)
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